Boost R&D or lag in 6G race, MoS Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani tells telcos as revenues surge
New Delhi: The minister of state for communications Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani urged Indian telecom operators to increase their research and development (R&D) spending to shape the future of next generation mobile networks.
Telco spending on R&D remains low despite the telecom sector revenue crossing ₹3.72 lakh crore in 2024-25, the minister said, adding that domestic players deploy only a fraction of their earnings on R&D unlike multinational companies such as Ericsson, Nokia, Qualcomm and Samsung.
